Alper şen                         

Contact Information

                        Alper şen
                       
                        Department of Industrial Engineering
                        Bilkent University
                        Bilkent, Ankara 06800 Turkey
                        +90 312 290 1539
                       myfirstnamemylastname@bilkent.edu.tr

Courses 

                       IE 461 Supply Chain Management (Fall 04-05, 05-06)
                       IE 468 Pricing and Revenue Optimization (Spring 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012)
                       IE 571 Analytical Models for Supply Chain Management (Spring 2010-11)
                       IE 375 Production Planning (Fall 2009-2010)
                       IE 376 Production Information Systems (Spring 2009-2010)

Research

                       Publications

                       E. Korpeoglu, A. Şen, K. Guler. A private contributions game for joint replenishment.
                             Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 75 (1), 67-82, 2012.
                       M.C. Pinar, A. Şen and G. Eron. Financial valuation of supply chain contracts.
                             in Handbook of Integrated Risk Management in Global Supply Chains O. Boyabatli, L. Dong, P. Kouvelis and R. Li (Eds.), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 219-245, 2011.
                       D. Beyer, S. Clearwater, K.Y. Chen, Q. Feng, B. A. Huberman, S. Jain, Z. Jamal, A. Şen, H.K. Tang, B. Tarjan, J. Ward, A. Zhang, B. Zhang. Advances in business analytics at HP Laboratories.
                             in A Long View of OR/MS Research and Practice C. Tang and M. Sodhi (Eds). Springer, 195-217, 2010.
                       A. Şen, D. Bhatia, K. Doğan. Applied Materials uses Operations Research to design its service and spares network.
                             Interfaces, 40 (4), 253-266, 2010.
                       M. M. Tanrıkulu, A. Şen, O. Alp. A joint replenishment policy with individual control and constant size orders.
                             International Journal of Production Research, 48 (14-15), 4253-4271, 2010.
                       Ü. Gürler, S. Öztop, A. Şen. Optimal bundle formation and pricing of two products with limited stock.
                             International Journal of Production Economics, 118 (2), 442-462, 2009.
                       A. Şen, A. X. Zhang.  Style goods pricing with demand learning.
                            European Journal of Operational Research, 196 (3), 1058-1075, 2009.
                       Z. Bulut, Ü. Gürler, A. Şen. Bundle pricing of inventories with stochastic demand. An extended version here.
                           European Journal of Operational Research, 197 (3), 897-911, 2009. 
                       A. Şen. The U.S. fashion industry: a supply chain review.
                            International Journal of Production Economics, 114 (2), 571-593, 2008.
                       H. Yaman, A. Şen. Manufacturer's mixed pallet design problem.
                           European Journal of Operational Research, 186 (2), 826-840, 2008. 
                       Y. L. Koçağa, A. Şen. Spare parts inventory management with delivery lead times and rationing.
                           IIE Transactions, 39 (9), 879-898, 2007.
                       A. Şen, A. X. Zhang. Newsboy problem with multiple demand classes.
                           IIE Transactions, 31 (5), 431-44, 1999.
                       A. Şen, Ö.S. Benli. Lot streaming in open shops.
                          Operations Research Letters, 23 (3-5), 135-142,1998.
                       A. Şen, E. Topaloğlu, Ö.S. Benli. Optimal streaming of a single job in a two-stage flow shop.
                          European Journal of Operational Research, 110(1), 42-62, 1998.

                      

                       Thesis Supervised

                       Y. L. Koçağa. Spare parts inventory management with delivery lead times and rationing. M.S. Thesis. May 2004.
                       Z. Bulut. Bundle pricing of inventories with stochastic demand. M.S. Thesis. September 2004. (Co-advised with Ü. Gürler)
                       S. Öztop. Optimal bundle formation and pricing of two products with limited stock. M.S. Thesis. September 2005. 
                               (Co-advised with Ü. Gürler)
                       Ç. Latifoğlu. Analysis of consignment contracts for spare parts inventory systems. M.S. Thesis. August 2006.
                       M. M. Tanrıkulu. Joint replenishment problem with truck cost structures. M.S. Thesis. December 2006.
                           (Co-advised with O. Alp)
                       N. Ahat. Multi-period inventory models with price protection. M.S. Thesis. July 2007. (Co-advised with O. Alp)
                       A. G. Eron. Financial valuation of flexible supply contracts. M.S. Thesis. December 2008. (Co-advised with M.C. Pinar)
                       E. Z. Demirci. Production timing decisions with constrained capacity and Bayesian updates. M.S. Thesis. August 2009.  (Co-advised with N. K. Erkip)
                       Y. Altunoglu. Cash inventory management at Automated Teller Machines with incomplete information. M.S. Thesis. January 2010.  (Co-advised with O. Alp)
                       G. Hancerliogullari. Sales forecast inaccuracy and inventory turnover performance: An empirical analysis of U.S. retail sectors. M.S. Thesis. July 2010.